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A Holy Grail of gamer memorabilia is the Portal turret replica -- as much a tech toy as proof that you can sing "Want You Gone" from memory. It's already been coveted when made in small batches by fans, so you can imagine the hysteria when Valve Software itself posts a teaser video (found after the break) at its store's Facebook page showing what looks to be a near life-size, computer-linked version of Aperture Science's typical sentry from Portal 2, minus the laser targeting and live machine guns. After that, however, we're left to guess whether or not it's just a decoration for Valve's offices or a commercial product to buy alongside a Companion Cube plushie. We've asked Valve about providing more details in the near future and will let you know if the developer is any more talkative than its robot guards.
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If an enthusiast-built Portal 2 turret piques your interest, Gaming Heads' Valve-licensed miniature replica may very well force your wallet open. Modeled using Portal 2's in-game assets and cast in "high quality poly-stone," these mini-turrets aim to intimidate intruders with a motion activated light-up eye. In addition to the stoic and silent basic model, the company's offering an exclusive edition, which plays sounds and voice samples from the game. Only 1,100 of these hand-painted facsimiles will be produced (350 with sound, 750 without), but the company notes that other figures based on the adorable death machines are in the works. Pre-orders have already begun, so collectors will want to act fast -- provided they're ready to pony up $300-325, of course.
Licensed Portal 2 turret replica to arrive later this year, leave ammo at home originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Valve's Portal series has been used as the pretext for many achievements outside of puzzle gaming, including getting hitched. Keeping you from shuffling off this mortal coil, however, is still new. Two Horns United has given a gas mask a decidedly nerdy visual upgrade that resembles the game's iconic Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device, right down to the light-up energy chambers. Best of all, unlike some homebrew projects, you'll have a (probably limited) chance at buying one yourself after June. Coworkers might look at you oddly as you strap a portal gun to your face during a safety drill, but you'll have the quiet satisfaction of knowing you're truly ready for a neurotoxin attack, not to mention taking the title of a Jonathan Coulton song very literally.
Custom-made Aperture Science gas mask will make sure you're still alive, won't open portals originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 May 2012 05:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalinkio9 | Two Horns United | Email this | Comments Daleks pop up in many forms. You have the old Daleks, the new Daleks, the new new Daleks with the retro colors and funny build and now a Dalek from Aperture Science. Looks like the Doctor is going to be busy.
It doesn’t end there. Over at the Dalek Factor they have all kinds of crazy non-canon Daleks. How about a Futurama Dalek? Or what if Leonardo Davinci had built a Dalek?
These are all cool, but we don’t need any more Daleks thank you. Haven’t they caused enough trouble? Plus, their voices are terrible. They cut right through your ears and assault your brain as if with a sonic plunger hand. You would think that the Doctor would have been able to shut them up by now.
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Don’t commit crimes anywhere, but especially in South Korea. Why, you ask? Because prisons have robots guarding them. The robot apocalypse is coming!
Okay, these guys here aren’t so bad… first of all they are not armed, unless you consider a microphone and a kinect sensor weapons. But these androids are ...
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